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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-05-23 Regular Meeting• • MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTS CITY COMMISSION, LA PORTS, TEXAS MAY 23, 1973 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor E. A. Thomas Commissioners C. D. Christensen, I. J. Kibodeaux, A. Uel Price and C. D. Boyle. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABSENT: None. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Larry L. Broussard, Director of Finance; Ruth Huddleston, Asst. City Clerk; Knox Askins, City Attorney and James La Fitte, Sergeant of the Police Department. PRESIDING: Mayor Thomas. + + + • Invocation was offered by Commissioner Christensen. 1. Motion by Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by Commissioner Christensen that the minutes of the regular meeting of May 7, 1973 be approved as presented. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 2. Motion by Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by Commissioner Christensen to approve the accounts payable as presented, with the exception of pay- ment to La Porte Bayshore Chamber of Commerce being deleted at this time. A copy of the accounts payable is attached to and made a part of these minutes. Motion carried by the follow- ing vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. Minutes of previous meeting approved Accounts payable approved • Regular ~ting x;/23/73 - continued • 3. Mayor Thomas stated that the bids received for Consider water and sewer to Northside had been opened and bids re- read at a previous meeting, and that the Commis- ceived fog ion had discussed this item before. He further water and stated that the bids were all in excess of the sewer to amount of money the City could spend and that he Northside would like to recommend that all bids be rejected, and that Engineer Busch be instructed to come up with some revisions, after which the City would re-advertise for bids. Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Comm- issioner Kibodeaux to reject all bids which had been received for water and sewer to Northside, and re-advertise with the revisions that the Exagin- eer would make, and that bids be received anil opened on June 18, 1973. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 4. Motion by Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by Ratify Commissioner Boyle to ratify check to HGAC for sending X3,212.00, WHICH is 509b OF THE CITIES portion check to required as a deposit to show good. faith before HGAC HGAC can proceed with the CJC Grant. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + • 5. Mayor Thomas read the Agreement for furnishing Consider water to Matheson Air Products Company. Agreement to furnish Motion by Commissioner Christensen, seconded water to by Commissioner Kibodeaux, to approve Agree- Matheson ment as presented. A copy of the Agreement Air Prod.Co. is attached to and made a part of these minutes. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and. Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + • • Regular ~ting 5/23/73 - continued. 6. Motion b9 Commissioner Price, seconded by Comm- issioner Boyle, to install a street light at Crescent and Bay. Motion carried by the follow- ing vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + ?. Motion by Commissioner Christensen, seconded Commissioner Kibodeaux to adopt Ordinance No. 955 as read. Moticn carried by the followin vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. Request for street light at Crescent and Bay by Ordinance appointing g members to planning and zoning Comm . CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF I,A PORTS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + 8. Motion by C®mmissioner Christensen, seconded by Commissioner Kibodeaux to adopt Ordinance No. 956 as read. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS HOUSING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + Mayor Thomas read several letters he had received. The first letter was to Mr. Tom Langford of the Harris County Flood Control, from Tom Bass, County Commissioner, with a copy to Mayor Thomas, stating the drainage prob- lems in La Porte, and asking for information on the correction of same. A letter to Mr. Fentress Bracewell, Chairman, Board of Directors of the Port of Houston Authority, from Commissioner Bass, with a copy to Mayor Thomas, was read. Ordinance appointing members to Housing Authority Regular ~ting 5/23/73 - continued. This letter was in regard to routes for heavy traffic • from SH 146 to Barbours Cut, and it's effect on La Porte. Commissioner Bass stated that he feels that the Port Authority should bear a substantial portion of the cost of preparing for and dealing with the heavy traffic which the Port expansion will produce. A letter to Wolfe Engineering Co. from Jas. P. Hutcheson, Vice President of Busch, Hutcheson and Associates, Inc., with a copy to Mayor Thomas, was read. Mr. Hutcheson stated that he had inspected the tennis court slab at Central Park in La Porte and that he found it unacceptable in it's present form, and asking then to let him know their proposed method of correcting the deficiencies. + + + 9. Mayor Thomas asked for an Executive Session at this Executive time for the Commission to consider the adoption Session of Ordinance No. 957• Requested The meeting recessed at 8:10 P. M. The Regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of La Porte re-convened at 8:35 P. M. with all members present. :~ Motion by Commissioner Christensen, seconded by Ordinance Commissioner Price, to adopt Ordinance No. 957 hiring as read. Motion carried by the following vote: Sears & Burns, AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Attorneys Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. Mayor Thomas stated that he wished to vote AYE ~o that it would be unanimous. CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND APP'~OVING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SEARS AND BURNS, ATTORNEYS, TO REPRESENT THE' CITY OF LA PORTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RAIL YARD PLANS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY; ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR SUCH SERVICES AND MAKING AN .~~PPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + • Regular m~ing 5/23/73 - Continued . • lO.Motion b~ Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by Commissioner Christensen, that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting of the City Commission adjourned at 8:40 p. m. txth uddleston, ss t. ity Jerk Approved this the 4th day of June, 19'73. CP . A. homas, ayor CJ ~. • . SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE _ Submitted for Approval at the ~ May 23, 1973, City Council Meeting CREDITOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT Knox Askins Legal Services $.729.00 Automatic Butane Co. Used Cylinders 50.00 Bayshore M.U.D. Water Usage 62.11 Jim Ball Motors Parts 17.57 Baytown Communications Radio & Repair 89.35 Baytown Engineering North Side Water & Sewer Surveying 1,955.90 Bay Plumbing Supply Co. Reapirs & Parts 775.13 Brewington Typwriter Repair 66.50 Brown & Root Hot Lay 916.00 Joe Camp Inc. Parts 51.98 Ch~ion Upholstery Recover Mattress Pad 21.80 Th~^Cle n a Co. Misc. Supplies 114.12 Coastal Armature Repair on A/C/ Motor 13.50 Commercial Sweeping Street Sweeping 413.00 Crescent T.V. Radio Installation 26.55 Curtin-Matheson Scientific Materials 23.00. Curtis Indus. Parts 10.59 Dixie Chemical Chlorine & HTH 150.60 Delta Safety Boots 27.00 Edleman's House of Uniforms Uniforms 110.11 Fire Fox Corp. Medical Supplies 210.15 Grahams Lettering of Coveralls 17.23 Frank Glass Minimax Cleaning Supplies 9.54 tate Asphalt Co. Asphalt 77.99 Gu Oil Products Petroleum Supplies & Gas 725.35 Travis Hardy Trucking Bank Sand 56.00 Highland Shell Hot Lay 62.40 Houston Light & Power Service 92.46 Hyco Equipment Repair & Service on Tractor 1,167.59 Houston Medical Gas Oxygen 17.00 Jones Supplies Nozzles 1,068.20 Ke~Supply Co. Hot Lay 256.00 Key Photo Supplies Film & Supplies 24.70 e M 2~$B La Porte Bayshore Sun Advertisements for April 118.60 . • • . CREDITOR -----------_-----------__-- _-- __-- DESCRIPTION-_ - -~- AMOUNT.-- Star Shell 384.75 Lumus Dodge Parts 10.80 Matheson Gas Products Gas Cylinders 88.25 Moore Paper• Co. Shop Towels 19.60 Motorola Repair 23.72 Oxford Chemicals Drain Line Cleaner 94.85 Oak Forrest Tires Tires 116.00 Pals Pharmacy Asprin 2.64 Parker Bros. Concrete 134.12 Pfeiffer Ganbrell Labor, Material & Equip, 1,134.16 Pitney Bowes Ink Rollers 5.20 Pump Power & Engineering Parts 85.50 Pu c Health Equip. & Supply Fogger 500.00 Th ohn Co. Parts & Clamps 22.00 S & H Maintenance ~ Antenna & Repair 25.41 S & R San Inc. Sand 21.00 Servomation Coffee Service Coffee & Lease 60.68 Sharp Grain Co. Misc. Supplies 45.44 SIGNS Signs on Amb. 25.00 Art Simon's Modus Operandi I.D. Folders 25.00 Southwestern Bell Telephone SErvice 1,339.47 Teds Auto Supplies Parts 10.81 Texas Fire & Safety Recharger 3.75 Texas Super Market Turkeys 250.00 Texas Surplus Misc. Materials 5.28 T m Printers Printing 82.80 Tr - ity Exterminators Exterminating Service 25.00 Turners Gun & Ammo Repair 5.00 Walker Dump Truck Sand 36.00 Walker Bearing Bearings 24.77 Xerox Paper 55.90 Machine Usage 76.20 • r: • AGREEMENT THE STATE OF TEXAS X X COUNTY OF HARRIS X This Agreement, made and entered into by and between the City of La Porte, Texas, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called "City," and Matheson Gas Products, a division of Will Ross, Inc., hereinafter called "Company," of Harris County, Texas: Tn1 I T N E S S E T H I. COMPANY is the owner of the property described as that certain 4.12-acre tract of land situated immediately west of Block Eight Hundred Ninety-five (895), TOWN OF LA PORTE; and bounded on the • South by South "J" Street, and bounded on the East by the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way, in La Porte, Harris County, Texas. CITY's water service does not presently extend to said property. COMPANY has requested CITY to extend an 8-inch water line to COMPANY's said property. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, CITY hereby agrees to install and construct an extension of its water mains, to said property, according to plans and specifications to be prepared by CITY's engineers. It is anticipated that the total cost of said project will be approximately Twenty Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($20,800.00). When said plans and specifications have been completed, the same will be placed for bids, and, when _ • said bids are received, the same shall be jointly tabulated by CITY and COMPANY. Should said bids meet with the approval of both-CITY and COMPANY, COMPANY will deposit with CITY a sum equal to the amount of the base bid by the lowest responsible chosen bidder, less the unit price for fire hydrants, plus a sum equal to CITY's engineering fees incurred, less Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), which said Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be paid • by CITY. When said deposit has been made by COMPANY to CITY, CIT1' shall lnt the contract. • • -2- II. CITY agrees to accept said sum as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, in lieu of any front foot or square footage connection charge for water service against the above described 4.12-acre tract, subject to certain rights of reimbursement: by COMPANY from CITY, as hereinafter provided. III. IN the event that any other property owners within Blocks Eight Hundred Sixty-eight (868), Eight Hundred Sixty-nine (869), Eight Hundred Seventy (870), Eight Hundred Ninety-five (895) through Nine Hundred (900), both inclusive, and One Thousand Ninety-two (1092) through One Thousand Ninety-eight (1098), both • inclusive, all in the Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, and the property presently owned by Chemetron Corporation imme- diately North and adjacent to COMPANY's property; and the acreage tract situated between the Southern Pacific right-of-way, South "J" Street, 18th Street, and a westerly extension of South "K" Street, make connection to CITY water mains under a permit from the CITY within a period of ten (10) years from the date hereof, CITY agrees to reimburse COMPANY its customary water connection fees at the time of said connection, derived from the above described property, when, as and if collected by CITY, until the total of such fees reimbursed by CITY to COMPANY has reached the sum equal to the difference between the amount of money previously deposited by • COMPANY with CITY, pursuant to the terms of this agreement, less Two Thousand Three Hundred Forty-four Dollars ($2,344.00), which said sum of $2,344.00 shall constitute COMPANY's square foot con- nection charge and meter tap fee; provided, however, CITY shall have no further obligation to COMPANY under the terms of this agreement at the expiration of such ten-year period, regardless of whether COMPANY has been reimbursed said total sum calculated • as herein, provided. COMPANY agrees that CITY shall not have nor incur any liability for failure to collect or pay over to COMPANY any such sums, or for permitting or authorizing a service line ~ -~- connection to such main extensions without requiring payment. of such charge.. Title, ownership, control and management of all water mains, extension and appurtenances constructed under the provisions of this agreement, shall be and remain vested solely in CITY. IV. Upon execution of this agreement, CITY agrees to begin the preparation of final engineering plans and specifications for the said water main extensions, and to begin construction thereof as soon as the same may be let for contract as herein provided, and upon acceptance of a bid by CITY and COMPANY, as herein provided. CITY will pay the cost for all fire hydrants installed. CITY will • require the Contractor under such bid to diligently pursue the construction of the mains to completion. Provided, however, nothing herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of CITY's right to reject any and all bids which may be submitted by contractors for said water main extensions. WITNESS the hands of the parties hereto this the 21st day of May, 1973. CITY OF LA PORTE By ~ ~ „,r" E.~ A. omas, Mayor ATTEST: ;'/ ' • ~ City Jerk Deputy) MATHESON GAS PRODUCTS, a Division of Will. Ross, Inc. n . ~~ By, Wm. E. Bos, egional Manager •